News From the Field Study Helps Pinpoint Genetic Variations in European Americans
August 7, 2008
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An international team of researchers has identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse and complex historic origins on earth. Their findings narrow the search for the elusive ancestral clues known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, that cause disease and account for the minute variations in the European American population.
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Source Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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